+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates terminal descriptions. It looks in each given
+ text <EM>file</EM> for <EM>termcap</EM> entries and, for each one found, writes an
+ equivalent <EM>terminfo</EM> description to the standard output stream. <EM>termcap</EM>
+ <STRONG>tc</STRONG> capabilities translate to <EM>terminfo</EM> "<STRONG>use</STRONG>" capabilities.
+
+ If no <EM>file</EM>s are specified, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> interprets the content of the
+ environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> as a file name, and extracts only the
+ entry for the terminal named in the environment variable <EM>TERM</EM> from it.
+ If the environment variable <EM>TERMCAP</EM> is not set, <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> reads
+ <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>.
+
+ This utility is implemented as a link to <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, with the latter's <STRONG>-I</STRONG>
+ option implied. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, <STRONG>-w</STRONG>,
+ and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>. The <STRONG>-V</STRONG> option reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with
+ this program and exits with a successful status.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Translations-from-Nonstandard-Capabilities">Translations from Nonstandard Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates some obsolete, nonstandard capabilities into
+ standard (SVr4/XSI Curses) <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities. It issues a
+ diagnostic to the standard error stream for each, inviting the user to
+ check that it has not mistakenly translated an unknown or mistyped
+ capability name.
+
+ <STRONG>Name</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>Obsolete</STRONG> <STRONG>Standard</STRONG> <STRONG>Origin</STRONG> <STRONG><EM>terminfo</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>capability</STRONG>
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>BO</STRONG> <STRONG>mr</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_reverse_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>CI</STRONG> <STRONG>vi</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>cursor_invisible</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>CV</STRONG> <STRONG>ve</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>cursor_normal</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>DS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>EE</STRONG> <STRONG>me</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>exit_attribute_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>FE</STRONG> <STRONG>LF</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>FL</STRONG> <STRONG>LO</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>XS</STRONG> <STRONG>mk</STRONG> AT&T <STRONG>enter_secure_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>EN</STRONG> <STRONG>@7</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_end</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>GE</STRONG> <STRONG>ae</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>exit_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>GS</STRONG> <STRONG>as</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>enter_alt_charset_mode</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>HM</STRONG> <STRONG>kh</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_home</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>LD</STRONG> <STRONG>kL</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_dl</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PD</STRONG> <STRONG>kN</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_npage</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PN</STRONG> <STRONG>po</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_off</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PS</STRONG> <STRONG>pf</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>prtr_on</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>PU</STRONG> <STRONG>kP</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>key_ppage</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>RT</STRONG> <STRONG>@8</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kent</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>UP</STRONG> <STRONG>ku</STRONG> XENIX <STRONG>kcuu1</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KA</STRONG> <STRONG>k;</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f10</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KB</STRONG> <STRONG>F1</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f11</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KC</STRONG> <STRONG>F2</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f12</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KD</STRONG> <STRONG>F3</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f13</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KE</STRONG> <STRONG>F4</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f14</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>KF</STRONG> <STRONG>F5</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>key_f15</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>BC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sb</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_background</STRONG>
+
+ <STRONG>FC</STRONG> <STRONG>Sf</STRONG> Tektronix <STRONG>set_foreground</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>HS</STRONG> <STRONG>mh</STRONG> IRIX <STRONG>enter_dim_mode</STRONG>
+
+ XENIX <EM>termcap</EM> had a set of extension capabilities, corresponding to box
+ drawing characters of CCSID ("code page") 437, as follows.
+
+ <STRONG><EM>termcap</EM></STRONG> <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Graphic</STRONG>
+ -----------------------------------------
+ <STRONG>G2</STRONG> upper left corner
+ <STRONG>G3</STRONG> lower left corner
+ <STRONG>G1</STRONG> upper right corner
+ <STRONG>G4</STRONG> lower right corner
+ <STRONG>GR</STRONG> tee pointing right
+ <STRONG>GL</STRONG> tee pointing left
+ <STRONG>GU</STRONG> tee pointing up
+ <STRONG>GD</STRONG> tee pointing down
+ <STRONG>GH</STRONG> horizontal line
+ <STRONG>GV</STRONG> vertical line
+ <STRONG>GC</STRONG> intersection
+ <STRONG>G6</STRONG> double upper left corner
+ <STRONG>G7</STRONG> double lower left corner
+ <STRONG>G5</STRONG> double upper right corner
+ <STRONG>G8</STRONG> double lower right corner
+ <STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing right
+ <STRONG>Gr</STRONG> double tee pointing left
+ <STRONG>Gu</STRONG> double tee pointing up
+ <STRONG>Gd</STRONG> double tee pointing down
+ <STRONG>Gh</STRONG> double horizontal line
+ <STRONG>Gv</STRONG> double vertical line
+ <STRONG>Gc</STRONG> double intersection
+ <STRONG>GG</STRONG> ACS magic cookie count
+
+ <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> composes single-line capabilities into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string, and
+ discards <STRONG>GG</STRONG> and double-line capabilities with a warning diagnostic.
+
+ IBM's AIX has a <EM>terminfo</EM> facility descended from SVr1 <EM>terminfo</EM>, but
+ which is incompatible with the SVr4 format. <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> translates the
+ following AIX extensions.
+
+ <STRONG>IBM</STRONG> <STRONG>XSI</STRONG>
+ -------------
+ ksel kslt
+ kbtab kcbt
+ font0 s0ds
+ font1 s1ds
+ font2 s2ds
+ font3 s3ds
+
+ Additionally, this program translates the AIX <STRONG>box1</STRONG> capability to an
+ <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
+
+ The HP-UX <EM>terminfo</EM> library supports two nonstandard <EM>terminfo</EM>
+ capabilities, <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG> (memory unlock). <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
+ discards these with a warning message.